#14

Well, it's been forever since I've updated the blog...i know, I know. So, I thought I would give an update. This summer has been most notably marked so far by the fact that I have moved from Darmstadt to Wiesbaden...that's about a 40 minute drive. Well a new location means a new cell...I mean barracks room. That brings the number of moves I've made in the six years I've been in the Army to 14!!!!! All but one of those 14 places was a barracks room. Of the 9 barracks buildings and 13 rooms I've lived in, this one is tied for the worst with the "Brown water building" (BWB) where I first lived when I moved to Germany. The room itself is better than the one in the BWB because of one fact alone....it's big. The room in the BWB was a sliver of a living space and certainly was not big enough to hold my belongings long term.

The "new" room was filthy, absolutely filthy. I spent more than 4 hours cleaning the refrigerator alone! Yep....FOUR HOURS + !!!! The furniture needed to be replaced by something made in this century, the floor is hopeless, the walls were scuffed and dirty, and the windows (which had no curtains) were filmy from the smoke residue of the previous occupant.

So...what do you do when you get a lemon?

....you make lemonade!!!

Below is some before and after photographic evidence of the lemonade.

So that's it....SO MUCH BETTER!!! I bought the TV, the table, and the cushy chair specifically for this room.

Now, this room doesn't have a kitchen, which greatly limits my cooking options, but I'll survive:(

The next big thing I'll have to blog about will be when I get my new car:) I can't wait!!!!

I should get it sometime in late September!

BMW, baby.....BMW